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Abstract
Children and adolescents from families with parental mental illness face an increased risk to experience abuse, neglect and maltreatment. The effects of imminent, intermittent or chronic distress on the development of the child and to differentiate these from neglect or maltreatment are not easily assignable in such families. Questionnaires and diagnostic instruments can be supportive tools for professionals in hospitals and private practices to identify and differentiate between burdens of children and families and potential endangerment. Different instruments are presented for…
Assessment of attachment disorder symptoms in foster children: comparing diagnostic assessment tools
Abstract
Background
Standardized methods for assessing attachment disorders are scarce but needed for research and practice.
Methods
In the current study, several assessments for attachment disorder symptoms are used within a German sample of foster children after being exposed to neglect and maltreatment in their biological families. The symptoms were assessed with four established assessment methods based on both parents’ report and behavioral observation: The Rating for Infant Stranger Engagement, the Stranger at the Door, the Disturbances of Attachment Interview and the…
This article is part of a special edition of the journal Psychosocial Intervention (Volume 22 No.03 December 2013) focused on the state of child protection in a wide variety of countries with special attention to out-of-home care placements, principally family foster care and residential care, tough several aspects related to adoption were included as well.
While there is a large difference in the number of young inhabitants in the Netherlands and Germany, their child protection frameworks are quite…
The manual, What Works in Tackling Child Abuse and Neglect?, is the main outcome of the European Commission Daphne III programme, involving regional exchanges and research to bring together knowledge on what works in tackling child abuse. Five country reports (Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Sweden, and the Netherlands) were developed reviewing research findings and a comprehensive report compiled about strategies, measurements, and management of tackling the whole range of child abuse and neglect, from prevention to treatment. A study compiling practice-based knowledge on tackling…
The IRC opened its office in Germany in August 2016. Germany has seen an unprecedented surge in the number of refugees entering the country, travelling mostly through the Balkans route. Germany allowed refugees to come to Germany freely and is promising asylum to many of those who have arrived during 2015 and 2016. The German Federal government as well as many civil society organizations and volunteer groups have, together with international NGOs, responded to the needs of refugees, setting up shelter, providing services and building capacity. However, services have limited…